#alchemy

I have always looked upon alchemy in natural philosophy to be like enthusiasm in divinity, and to have troubled the world much to the same purpose. ↗

— William Temple

#always #divinity #enthusiasm #i #like

As Indians, we must of course learn from the past; but we must remain focused on the future. In my view, education is the true alchemy that can bring India its next golden age. ↗

— Pranab Mukherjee

#alchemy #bring #course #education #focused

The two brothers who sought to get their only family back, to feel her warmth, one lost his last family member and the other could never feel warmth again. The one who wanted her baby back lost chance of having one again, And the one who had a vision to see his country change became blind. ↗

— Hiromu Arakawa

#fullmetal-alchemist #loss #sad #change

It’s said that the shuffling of the cards is the earth, and the pattering of the cards is the rain, and the beating of the cards is the wind, and the pointing of the cards is the fire. That’s of the four suits. But the Greater Trumps, it’s said, are the meaning of all process and the measure of the everlasting dance. ↗

— Charles Williams

#christian-hermeticism #inspirational #supernatural #tarot #inspirational

Photography is essentially an act of recognition by street photographers, not an act of invention. Photographers might respond to an old man’s face, or an Arbus freak, or the way light hits a building—and then they move on. Whereas in all the other art forms, take William Blake, everything that came to that paper never existed before. It’s the idea of alchemy, of making something from nothing. ↗

— Duane Michals

#art #invention #nothing #photography #surfaces

The secrets of alchemy exist to transform mortals from a state of suffering and ignorance to a state of enlightenment and bliss. ↗

— Deepak Chopra

#suffering #life

Two years away. To an Incarnate, it's nothing. But when you have people who care about you, who you're excited about, each day becomes significant. ↗

— Avery Williams

#alchemy-of-forever #incarnate #incarnation #life #love

It was a large room, heavily outfitted with the usual badly ventilated furnaces, rows of bubbling crucibles, and one stuffed alligator. Things floated in jars. The air smelled of a limited life expectancy. ↗

— Terry Pratchett

#science #life